Improvement in harrows



PETERS, PHOTOJJTHOGRAPMER. WASHINGTON D C aient Llill-wi JAMEsH, WILLIAMS, OFLTON'rZvILLn, KANSAS.

Letters'Patent No.- 94,855, dated September 14, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT 1N AnRoWs.

The Schedulereferred t in these Letters Patent and :baking part of the same.

To all whom 'it-may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H.WILLIA Ms, of fontzville, in the county of Miami, and State ofKausas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harrows; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full,

clear, and exact description thereof, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to` the accompanying drawings,

`forming part of this specification.

The object of. this invention is to provide a barrow that will be adj ust-ableto the surface of uneven ground, and admit any of the teeth to rise for ,jumping or passing over r'oots, stones, or other obstructionaand which will also be of simple and cheap construction. i

, It consists in theconstruction of the two branches of a triangular hai-row, in short sections, lapping each other, and pivoted -together'sdas to oscillate freely in vertical planes, and provided with strengthening-links `connecting each pivot-bolt, `all as hereinafteumore fully specified.

The drawing represents a plan view of'v a barrow constructed according to my improvements. v yTo the legs A, of a short angular head-piece, B, and

.near the centre,\at the outsides, I pivot at the front ends other short blocks or sections, C, so as to project about half their length behind the parts A, and to these I pivot other similar sections in the .same way,l

adding as many as required for the length of the two branches of a triangular barrow, and I connect the pivot-bolts by links, D, at the outside ofthe sections,

Vto sustain the drawing strains.

The rear ends of the branches are connected by a- 'stay-bar, E.

Each section, C, is provided with one tooth near the r'earvend, but more may be used if preferred.

This arrangement permits the teeth encountering obstructions to be thrown up to a considerable extent without interfering with the others.

The spread of the branches will be due to the 4 breadth of the sections and the distances between the pivot-bolts, and thus 'harrows of any required angle may be obtained. 4

. Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by-Letvters Patent, is-

The combination of the .angular head-piece B, sections C, pivot-bolts, links D, and stay-har E, when all arranged substantially as specified.

i JAMES H. WILLIAMS.

lVitnesses: 4

JAS. R. RICHARDS, P. O. EATON. 

